Memorial

Lieutenant Commander Charles Harold Evelyn Head (Quintinshill Accident)

Source: Copyright Amy Savage by kind permission of the Naval Base Commander HMNB Portsmouth

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Current Location

Contact the Chaplaincy in advance in order to make arrangements to access the Dockyard. Located on the south wall, St Ann's Church, Anchor Lane, HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

OS Grid Reference

SU 63171 00566

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 49793
Description: Rectangular metal plaque mounted onto a backboard. Foliate border on the plaque and ship's badge depicted on left side.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF LIEUT-COMMANDER/ CHARLES HAROLD EVELYN HEAD, R.N.,/ BORN 1ST AUGUST 1882, DIED 22ND MAY 1915./ THE WHITEHEAD OFFICER OF H.M.S. VERNON./ KILLED IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT GRETNA GREEN WHILE ON NAVAL SERVICE./ HIS LIFE WAS ONE OF UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY./ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, date of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death
Order of names: rank, forenames, surname, date of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, date of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death
Order of names: rank, forenames, surname, date of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death

History

Maker(s): Gawthorp and Sons, Founder / Foundry
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Erected by his brother Officers

Conservation

Components

Backboard

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

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Lieutenant Commander Charles Harold Evelyn Head (Quintinshill Accident)

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Lieutenant Commander Charles Harold Evelyn Head (Quintinshill Accident)

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

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